Historical sociology of vaccination in Japan

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25885101
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Bukkyo University
• Principal Investigator: KOZAI Toyoko 佛教大学, 社会学部, 講師 (30507819)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 予防接種 / 歴史社会学 / 天然痘 / 種痘

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research, through a historical-sociological lens, examines different ways of vaccination in Japan, elucidates how vaccination was performed through the ages, and thereby tries to separate the political significance of vaccination from its practice.
Specifically, the analysis explores (1) the smallpox epidemics during the latter half of the early modern period and (2) the discourse surrounding the inoculation/vaccination practice during the latter half of the early modern period, as well as (3) the enforcement of vaccination from the Meiji-Period to the end of the Second World War.

Free Research Field

医療社会学